Ciprian Cezar Tudorascu


Ciprian Cezar Tudorascu is a Romanian football coach, currently hold UEFA "A" Coaching Licence, best known for promoting quality football players for national teams from different countries including Raheem Edwards, Romario Benzar, Gabriel Torje, Cristian Daminuta, Silviu Balaure, Dorin Rotariu and many others young talented players who play in this moment in professional teams around the world.

Early life and education

He holds a bachelor's Degree in sports science obtained at West University of Timișoara and he obtained his "B" UEFA licence in 2004, and his "A" UEFA licence in 2007 to the Romanian Football Federation, and he updated his UEFA certificate in 2014 in Italy at the Italian Football Federation.

Playing career

Born in Timișoara, Tudorascu played at youth level for FC Politehnica Timișoara, FC CFR Timișoara, before persistent knee injuries ended his career at 20 years old in third national league playing for ASU Politehnica Timișoara.

Coaching career

On August 2000 he was appointed coach of FC Srbianka Giuchici Timișoara, one of the best private football schools from West of Romania at the time. In 2005, he moved to Italy and he became the coach of ASDC Fiume Veneto Bannia -Pordenone Calcio, the second Romanian coach in Italy at all levels, after the legendary Mircea Lucescu. In fact, the Italian mass media call him "successor of Lucescu". In June 2009, Tudorascu returned to his hometown and signed a deal to become the new coach to Under 14 team at FC Timișoara Academy, in maybe the most glorious period of the club. In August 2011 he finished the contract with FC Timișoara, and immediately started a collaboration with Ernesto Nani, inside the Italian football project "Nuove Frontiere" and in the same time he started a technical collaboration with the Soccer Elite Football Academy from United Kingdom and he is one of the founders of International Football School at Timișoara. In 2012 receive the opportunity to be part of one of the best youth academies from Germany, VFB Stuttgart. In the summer of 2013 he was appointed Head of Youth Development and Head coach to Atalanta Bergamasca FC. After four glorious years, he move in another continent to give his contribution to the development of football in Asia, signing with Shanghai JuJu Sports F.C..

Management style and influence

Mister Tudorascu believes in the Dutch concept of Total Football, insisting that young players should be coached in all aspects off football rather than into specialist position, helping the team both with or without ball. It is a system where a player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus allowing the team to retain their intended organizational structure. In this fluid system, no footballer is fixed in their intended outfield role. He is also a big fan from 2012 of the new Belgian Football philosophy, who influenced him from that moment. During his coaching career Mister Tudorascu participate in various activities to important clubs from Europe: Red Star Belgrade, Udinese FC Calcio, Chelsea FC and Vfb Stuttgart.
His favorite football system is an offensive 1-4-3-3,balanced and very elastic. He is considered by the Italian newspaper Il Gazzettino one of the best football coaches from Europe for young adults, for his methods to manage and lead the teams in and out of the field.